Collateral effects of SARS-CoV-2 on active behaviors and body composition in Algerian school aged children
South Asian Journal of Experimental Biology
; 12(1):82-93, 2022.
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| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1737612
ABSTRACT
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had changed drastically the social life of children and youth, including their ability to adhere the physical activity (PA) recommendations. This study highlights the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 lockdown on children's daily physical activity, sedentary behaviors and sleep duration. It also determined the impact of this specific context on adiposity and cardio-metabolic indicators among children aged from 9 to 12 years old from Constantine-Algeria. Children were divided into 2 groups according to the practice of PA, a cross-sectional study was conducted at 2 different times. The first time, was before the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, where the pre-lockdown lifestyle and PA data were collected via a validated questionnaire. The second time was during the lockdown, where the same questionnaire was asked to children's parents via telephonic interviews. A significant decline in the frequencies of PA patterns by 3.8 hours has been observed in the study population. In parallel, sedentary behaviors has been significantly increased by 4.5 hours in equal proportions between swimmers and sedentary children per day. Half of the children decreased their night sleep duration by an average of 54 minutes. This new lifestyle context induced by the lockdown was associated with an increase in body weight (3.69..0.9 kg) and body mass index (2.1..0.48 kg/m2) in the whole study population. These results might increase the prevalence of cardio-metabolic complications associated with overweight and obesity observed in the population of children and adolescents in Constantine in the near future.
Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210]; Leisure [UU600]; children; physical activity; human diseases; coronavirus disease 2019; viral diseases; human behaviour; body composition; school children; age groups; pandemics; public health; sleep; sedentary behaviour; cross-sectional studies; lifestyle; body weight; body mass index; complications; adolescents; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Algeria; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; Francophone Africa; Africa; high Human Development Index countries; lower-middle income countries; Maghreb; North Africa; Mediterranean Region; lockdown; SARS-CoV-2; viral infections; human behavior; behavior; schoolchildren; school kids; teenagers
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South Asian Journal of Experimental Biology
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2022
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